SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently ordered the country's arms industry workers to increase their production of artillery, a television report out of Pyongyang showed Saturday.

"Once the war breaks out, we have to destroy the enemies' key military locations and government institutions with a quick and sudden strike," Kim was quoted as saying. "We must absolutely guarantee the quality of our artillery and shells to ensure a rapid pre-emptive attack on our enemies."

people keep saying north korea is all talk, and that this happens all the time. They downplay this situation and say that nothing is going to happen. But in my opinion, this seems like a quick escalation. The likes of which will have an outcome, for better or for worse who knows. Are we expecting something BIG this weeek?

people keep saying north korea is all talk, and that this happens all the time. They downplay this situation and say that nothing is going to happen. But in my opinion, this seems like a quick escalation. The likes of which will have an outcome, for better or for worse who knows. Are we expecting something BIG this weeek?

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2911653

Sometimes North Korea is only talk. Other times, they're action. See below.

The Rangoon bombing of October 9, 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth President of South Korea

July 7, 2003. North Korean troops open fire at the DMZ around 6 AM. The South Korean army reports four rounds fired from the North and seventeen from the South

March 26, 2010: A South Korean naval vessel, the Destroyer “Cheonan”, was sunk by a North Korean torpedo near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea.

November 23, 2010: North Korea fired artillery at South Korea's Greater Yeonpyeong island in the Yellow Sea, killing civilians and Marines.

On March 30, 2013, North Korea formally declared war on South Korea, cutting off all hotlines and severing all non-aggression pacts, including the 1953 Armistice.

people keep saying north korea is all talk, and that this happens all the time. They downplay this situation and say that nothing is going to happen. But in my opinion, this seems like a quick escalation. The likes of which will have an outcome, for better or for worse who knows. Are we expecting something BIG this weeek?

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2911653

I was born 2 months after the armistice was signed. 1953. Never has there been such a ramp up of hostilities to match this. It seems to me the slightest miscalculation could set this off.

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SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently ordered the country's arms industry workers to increase their production of artillery, a television report out of Pyongyang showed Saturday.

The two "missing" subs are Sang-O class. They are torpedo attack submarines. They cannot fire a ballistic missile.

The only way they are some kind of nuclear threat is if a bomb was inside the hull and they used the sub as a suicide bomb.

And since they have only 1800 nautical mile range, and a top speed of 9 knots, they are not going to try to sail one to North America. They'd have to surface so many times to refuel that they'd be spotted and sunk.

I just want to know what is going on inside that little man's head, what kind of scenario he really sees playing out? It must be stranger than any of us can imagine.

Quoting: King Felix

My instinct tells me he has an ace up his sleeve that is outside the paradigms of U.S-S.K military planning and expectations.

Quoting: The Tauremini

I agree. I think it is a case of watch this hand here and not my other one. I think he has people inside the US who will carry out some kind of attack. He may be aligned with Islamic terrorists too. Or some attack on our electronic infrastructure.

And was that basketball player involved? Why are JZ and Beyonce in Cuba, and why was Ayes in Egypt around the Arab Spring time? And what really happened in Benghazi? And who is the common connection to all these events?

"Something wicked does come our way."

Behind every myth lies a mystery, and every legend holds an echo of the truth …… anonimalle

" At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war."

Gates of Vienna.

"May we smite our enemies to the darkest chamber of hell, for we wish only to live in peace, and they desire only to put their boot upon our neck."

There's not much of a history with this guy, so that makes him unpredictable IMO.

Quoting: ++Kate++

He's a Stalinist.

That means he has no regard for any life but his own, and in fact, holds all other human being in complete contempt, and would prefer to rule over a billion unburied dead peasants than a single free living man.

The two "missing" subs are Sang-O class. They are torpedo attack submarines. They cannot fire a ballistic missile.

The only way they are some kind of nuclear threat is if a bomb was inside the hull and they used the sub as a suicide bomb.

And since they have only 1800 nautical mile range, and a top speed of 9 knots, they are not going to try to sail one to North America. They'd have to surface so many times to refuel that they'd be spotted and sunk.

Quoting: Robot Emotions

Cuba.

Quoting: The Comedian

That is a very real nuclear threat. I was just tired of everyone getting their panties bunched over the subs, when the only folks that should be worried about them are sailors on ROK or USN ships near Korea.